Δεύτερα κλειδιά [Deftera kleidia] [English translation]

Here we are again.

My friend, I have an arrow in my heart.

My lovers are always appearing

And then disappearing.

You alone remain by my side to the end.

Here we are again.

Only when you are with me do I feel good.

Men keep coming and going,

Skimming cream off what we’re dreaming.

Once more, we two remained together, we withstood.

Take me home! In my heart I’m feeling many pains.

Once more in my life, scissors have sheared my brains.

Look into my eyes! Have their colors been chipped away?

Please take care of me.

Hold me. I’m a mess. This life has made me faint.

Give me one more lung-full from your coffin nail.

Open up my purse. Please dig out my keys. Those ones there are spares.

That set is for you.

Once more, I’m a ruin.

Don’t say, “As I told you...”

Love is such an infernal tour.

Look at all I’ve had to endure.

Don’t say, “As I told you...”

And don’t lose those keys I gave you.

Here we are again.

I feel I’ve lost sight of myself, my friend.

I never said “Thank you” even, or said how much I love you,

Only things like, “I’m falling” and “I’m doomed.”

Here we are again.

You gather my grungy locks.

The taxi just arrived for us,

And when the driver gets us lost,

Wearing my glasses, you’ll tell me how life looks.

Take me home! In my heart I’m feeling many pains.

Once more in my life scissors have sheared my brains.

Look into my eyes! Have their colors been chipped away?

Please take care of me.

Hold me. I’m a mess. This life has made me faint.

Give me one more lung-full from your coffin nail.

Open up my purse. Please dig out my keys. Those ones there are spares.

That set is for you.

Once more, I’m a ruin.

Don’t say, “As I told you...”

Love is such an infernal tour.

Look at all I’ve had to endure.

Don’t say, “As I told you...”

And don’t lose those keys I gave you.

• Artist:Eleonora Zouganeli